Clothes hanger



Sept. 24, 1935. J, OBROW 2,015,281

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My invention relates to improvements in clothes hangers and more particularly, has reference to a hanger of the class described having means in combination therewith for holding a garment thereon, said means being easily operated by the same hand by which the garment is held.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I

have shown in Fig. 1, in elevation, parts in dotted outline, a suitable garment hanger embodying an application of my invention. Fig. 2 shows the same in longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a View looking down on Fig. 1 with part of the hook removed, and Fig. 4 is a similar view with the holding device removed. Fig. 5 is similar to Fig.

l showing a modified form of holding device.

Fig. 6 a similar View to Fig. 2 illustrating said modified form, and Fig. 7 is a plan 'View looking down upon Fig. 5 with the holding device removed.

'I indicates the hanger bar, and 8 the hook thereof. 9, Ii! are the holding fingers pivotally secured to the bar at II, I2, the bar being cut away to allow the fingers to project therein or therethrough as shown. The inwardly extending off-sets I3, I4 are in the path of the first and second fingers of the hand While the thumb of Ithe same hand engages beneath the center of the hanger bar. When the fingers of the hand are pressed on the off-sets I3, I4, the outer ends of the fingers 9, III are elevated, allowing the garment to be applied on the hanger, and when released, are pressed down upon the shoulders of the garment by the compression springs I5, I6, thus insuring a proper grip on the garment to prevent it from slipping off the hanger.

In the modication shown in Figs. 5 to '7 inelusive, instead of the off-sets I3, I4, I have provided the down turned toes I'I, I8, and have shifted the position of the springs as shown at I9, 20, so that when the rst and second ngers of the hand s-traddle the shank of the hook 8 5 as before, the thumb by pressing upwardly between the toes I'I, I8, separates the same and lifts the fingers 9, i0 against the action of the springs I9, 2U. The modified form thus operates from beneath the bar While the form shown in Figs. l 10 to 4 inclusive operates from above the bar.

Of course itv will be understood that various modications may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed. 15

I claim:

1. In a hanger of the class described, a hanger bar and suspension means therefor, lingers pivotedly mounted within said bar, each of said iingers having an integral portion extending in 20 the direction of said suspension means adapted to be actuated by the hand, and a compression spring seated in said bar beneath each of said integral portions adapted to be compressed when said integral extension portions are operated. 25

2. In a clothes hanger of the class described,

a hanger bar and suspension means therefor, said bar cut down part way internally from the top adjacent opposite sides of said means and between opposite sides of said bar, garment fingers 30 pivotally mounted adjacent their inner ends within said cut-away portions and having projections extending in the direction of said means, and springs within said cut-away portions beneath said projections. 35

JEANNETTE OBROW. 

